Environmental & Sustainability Officer
Listed on 2026-10-31
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Engineering
Waste Management, Environmental Engineer, Environmental Compliance & Protection
Role title:
Environment & Sustainability Officer
Location:
Estate Road, Grimsby
Salary:
Competitive
To manageand improve the environmental compliance and performance of our seafoodmanufacturing sites, and turn Group strategy into clear, achievable siteactions, working with operations, engineering, H&S, Hygiene and technical teams to deliver and monitor progress. Helping deliver a culture of continual improvement You willdrive measurable improvement in energy, water, waste and carbon performance across the business. You will keep the business compliant with environmentallegislation and permit conditions, run our environmental and energy management systems, and lead practical projects that deliver those improvements.
Legal and permit compliance across waste, effluent, refrigerants, energy etc. Effective management of the Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) and energy management (ISO 50001). Support the Reduction and valorisation of waste and food waste and maximise value. Driving improvements in water use and trade effluent quality, identifying reduction opportunities. Reduction of energy use and carbon emissions in line with company and group targets.
Accurate environmental data and reporting to internal and external stakeholders. Acting as the main point of contact for Group energy and sustainability teams and for regulatory bodies. Drive a culture of Environmental & sustainability awareness and engagement across the workforce, embedding behaviour change. Be an active participation in wider Hilton group work streams that promote Seachill and enhance further improvement of the areas within scope.
an Environment & Sustainability Officer some of the responsibilities will be to:
1) Compliance and permitting
- Maintain site environmental permits, discharge consents and trade effluent agreements, and ensure all conditions are met.
- Maintain the register of legal and other requirements, monitor changes in legislation (e.g. waste duty of care, F-gas regulations, packaging EPR, SECR, ESOS) and advise management on actions required.
- Act as the main contact for regulators and the water company (i.e. Environment Agency, local authority), including during inspections and audits.
- Track compliance actions to closure and report overdue items.
- Maintain and develop the EMS to ISO 14001 and support ISO 50001 requirements, including the energy review, significant energy uses (SEUs) and improvement opportunities.
- Maintain and develop the aspects & impact registers.
- Plan and carry out internal audits, manage non-conformances and corrective actions, and contribute to management reviews.
- Maintain environmental aspects and impacts and risk registers.
- Complete climate change risk assessments
- Support customer, retailer and third-party audits / requests (e.g. BRCGS, Sedex/SMETA, retailer environmental requirements).
- Assess environmental risks from changes to equipment, processes or products.
- Oversee management of all waste streams, general, packaging, recyclable and hazardous waste.
- Ensure correct segregation, storage, labelling and collection, using licensed contractors and maintaining waste transfer notes, consignment notes.
- Apply the waste hierarchy and look for opportunities to valorise waste.
- Monitor and report food waste data and develop initiatives with the site teams to meet reduction targets and add-value to food waste using the.
- Carry out contractor and outlet checks to confirm waste is handled lawfully.
- Monitor water consumption and trade effluent quality against consent limits.
- Oversee sampling regimes and the performance and maintenance of effluent treatment equipment, working with engineering.
- Identify and support in the delivery of water-saving opportunities, balanced against food safety requirements.
- Maintain drainage plans, spill kits and pollution prevention controls.
- Monitor energy use across the sites and report on performance against targets in line with the ISO 50001.
- Manage the sites energy monitoring platform (Cool Planet), trouble shooting issues and liaising directly with the support teams.
- Identify energy and carbon reduction opportunities, support in building business cases and delivery of projects.
- Ensure F-gas records and leak-checks remain compliant, and support planning for the phase-down of high-GWP refrigerants.
- Respond to customer…
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